League

H B Rashid Stadium
Spectators: 9285 (Terracing: 6966, Seating: 2135, VIP seats: 184) Fakher Sarkhoh started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Shabeb Al Dabos hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Haitham Al Fadhalah fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexandros Karterouliotis having to interfere. Alexandros Karterouliotis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hussain Bo Hamad, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. A collision led to Hatta Club 1981 getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Sayer Baroun hit a great ball. In the 16th minute, Hussain Bo Hamad left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hatta Club 1981 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Al-Jazira Sporting Club's Alexandros Karterouliotis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Al-Jazira Sporting Club from getting a goal against them. 24 minutes into the game, Ivan Arrese was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Hatta Club 1981's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Al-Jazira Sporting Club the free kick. Ivan Arrese kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Jawad Bo Abbas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Salim Al Mehana having to interfere. Jawad Bo Abbas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Salim Al Mehana having to interfere. If Mohammad Taiban had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Haitham Al Fadhalah had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Salim Al Mehana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Taqi Al Mansor in the 38th minute of the match. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hatta Club 1981's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Yasser Al Hammady was slow to take the kick. During this time Al-Jazira Sporting Club's players had a chance to rest. Hussain Bo Qamaz made a great header on Al-Jazira Sporting Club's corner, it was just that Hatta Club 1981's Salim Al Mehana managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 46th minute, Hussain Bo Qamaz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

A collision led to Al-Jazira Sporting Club getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Hussain Bo Qamaz hit a great ball. The supporters of Hatta Club 1981 booed when Al-Jazira Sporting Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sari Al Qatam didn't get a good kick on the ball. 64 minutes into the game, Hatta Club 1981's Mohammad Taiban nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alexandros Karterouliotis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Alexandros Karterouliotis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mohammad Taiban in the 68th minute of play. Shabeb Al Dabos charged in rather forcefully in the 69th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Shabeb Al Dabos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 69th minute, Shabeb Al Dabos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 73rd minute, Mohammad Taiban made a precise shot to the right of Alexandros Karterouliotis. Al-Jazira Sporting Club's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Haitham Al Fadhalah struck a weak shot in the 79th minute. Alexandros Karterouliotis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hatta Club 1981. After 84 played minutes Al-Jazira Sporting Club got a freekick which was hit by Shabeb Al Dabos. After having played for 89 minutes, Sayer Al Jarah managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hatta Club 1981's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sayer Al Jarah was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Hatta Club 1981 walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.